Alejandro Pizarro Herrera

Alejandro Hernán Pizarro Herrera (born 12 May 1915) is a Chilean lawyer and former parliamentarian affiliated with the Radical Party.

He served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies during the XLVI Legislative Period (1949–1953), representing central Chile.

Biography Pizarro Herrera was born in Los Andes on 12 May 1915, the son of Alejandro Pizarro and Bernarda Herrera. He completed his secondary education at the Colegio Hermanos Maristas, the Liceo de Hombres of Los Andes and San Felipe, and the Internado Nacional Barros Arana in Santiago.

He studied law at the University of Chile, qualifying as a lawyer on 2 December 1939. His undergraduate thesis was titled El examen del discernimiento en el juicio penal de los menores.

Between 1940 and 1949, he worked as an employee of the National Savings Bank (Caja Nacional de Ahorros). He also served as assistant inspector (ad honorem) at the School for the Deaf and Mute between 1934 and 1939, taught Social Legislation at the Technical School of Los Andes, and later taught Commercial Law at the Commercial Institute of Los Andes in 1959.

In professional practice, he served as legal counsel for the Cerro Corporation mine at Río Blanco, legal advisor to Minera Andina, legal advisor to BancoEstado, and head of the Legal Department of the Municipality of Los Andes.

He married Elsa Fuenzalida Von Krensig in Santiago on 7 November 1942. The couple had three children: Elsa, Alejandro and María Angélica, and four grandchildren.

Political career A prominent member of the Radical Party, Pizarro Herrera served as president of the Radical Youth and as municipal councillor (regidor) of Los Andes between 1944 and 1947.

He was elected Deputy for the 5th Departmental Group —San Felipe, Los Andes and Petorca— in the parliamentary elections of 6 January 1949, serving during the 1949–1953 legislative period.

Beyond elective office, he was a member of the Chilean Bar Association and served as director of the Club Progreso. In January 1990, he was honoured by the Valparaíso Bar Association for fifty consecutive years of membership. In 1995, the Municipality of Los Andes declared him an Honorary Citizen (Hijo Ilustre).